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Financial year Printing and stationery (£ million)

2001-02

1.5

2002-03

2.2

2003-04

1.8

2004-05

1.8

2005/06

2.1

2006-07

2.2

Total

11.6


Child Support Agency: Training

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what training courses were attended by Child Support Agency staff in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of each course to his Department; [133918]

(2) pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departmental training, how much was spent on courses for staff in the Child Support Agency in (a) stress awareness, (b) self development, (c) self awareness, (d) creative thinking, (e) curriculum vitae writing, (f) running staff clubs, (g) facilitation skills, (h) non-verbal behaviour, (i) intervention skills and (j) being a change agent in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many staff attended these courses. [136020]

Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Stephen Geraghty dated, 21 June 2007:

Table 1: Number of people who attended Learning Resource Centre training sessions during 2004-07
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Stress awareness

38

112

31

Self development

236

322

128

Creative thinking

11

13

8

Curriculum vitae writing

58

6

0

Facilitation skills

4

0

0

Being a change agent

33

13

22


Table 2: Cost and quantity of DWP/External facilitator led training during 2004-07
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Course type Number of people Cost (£) Number of people Cost (£) Number of people Cost (£)

Stress awareness

10

450

70

3,254

11

537

Self development

69

8,023

101

8,087

9

3,853

Curriculum vitae writing

58

2,252

6

450

0

0

Facilitation skills

4

300

0

0

0

0


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Table 3: Number of technical training course held during 2004-06
Number of courses undertaken
Course type 2004-05 2005-06

New entrant-New system new rules

48

142

New entrant-New system old rules

0

3

New entrant old system old rules

7

18

Existing staff-refresher training new rules

15

52

Existing staff-refresher training old rules

16

13

Business change CSR—New system new rules

395

168

Business change CSR—New system old rules

0

8

Total

481

396


Table 4: Number of technical training courses held during 2006-07
Course t ype Number of courses undertaken 2006-07

New client

92

Client service

125

Debt enforcement

28

Legal enforcement

22

Team leader

117

Other

94

Total

478


Children: Maintenance

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many deduction of earnings orders the Child Support Agency had in place in each month since January 2000; and if he will make a statement. [141095]

Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 21 June 2007:


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Number of cases, which have a deduction from earnings order (DEO) or a deduction from earnings request (DER) in place from February 2000 to March 2007
Month ending Cases with DEO or DER as method of maintenance collection

February 2000

138,400

May 2000

141,700

August 2000

142,000

November 2000

141,300

February 2001

141,100

May 2001

140,100

August 2001

140,100

November 2001

138,500

February 2002

140,000

May 2002

138,600

August 2002

138,400

November 2002

139,000

February 2003-July 2004

(1)

August 2004

132,900

September 2004

133,800

October 2004

134,500

November 2004

136,000

December 2004

141,300

January 2005

138,000

February 2005

139,800

March 2005

141,300

April 2005

142,100

May 2005

142,900

June 2005

144,500

July 2005

146,400

August 2005

148,600

September 2005

149,900

October 2005

151,300

November 2005

153,000

December 2005

153,700

January 2006

155,100

February 2006

156,200

March 2006

158,600

April 2006

160,100

May 2006

161,600

June 2006

162,600

July 2006

164,200

August 2006

165,200

September 2006

165,400

October 2006

165,500

November 2006

166,100

December 2006

158,100

January 2007

160,400

February 2007

160,600

March 2007

162,700

(1) Robust information covering the period February 2003 to July 2004 is not available.
Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. The table includes deduction from earnings orders (DEOs) and deduction from earnings requests (DERs). DERs are the equivalent of DEOs when a non-resident parent is a member of the Armed Forces.
3. The table above includes those old-scheme cases with either a Full Maintenance Assessment or an Interim Maintenance Assessment; plus those new-scheme cases with either a Full Maintenance Calculation, or a Default Maintenance Decision. New-scheme cases being processed clerically are excluded from this analysis.
4. Data prior to March 2003 are only available quarterly. March 2007 is the most recent available.
5. The volume of deductions from earnings orders/requests (DEO/Rs) decreased to 158,000 in December 2006. This sudden fall was caused by a fix to the new computer system to suspend 8,500 ineffective DEOs on cases where employers had informed the Agency that the non-resident parent on that case was no longer in their employment. These DEOs have been suspended and the Agency put together a recovery plan to trace those non-resident parents and restore compliance, through DEOs where appropriate.

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